Recently by Nidhi Makhija

It snowed in Boston last weekend. Pretty heavily, we had about a foot or more of snow by the end of it. Emerson had a half day, some schools were closed, snow men were coming up and it was freezing and fun at the same time. My friends and I were still in town and while we hated the cold, we couldn't resist going out into the snow and taking PICTURES!

This one's from the Boston Commons. As my amateur-rushed-up Photoshop marks show, there's the Li...

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I'm one of the lucky few people who got done the week BEFORE finals.

So here's a post on the gloriousness of being done, and a list of things to do when you find yourself completely joyfully FREE.

1. SLEEP. The zombie look worked for getting sympathy while you were working, but you don't need that anymore! Catch up on sleep, your body needs it.

2. GO OUT FOR A MEAL - There are so many great reasons for you and your friends to g...

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I, Nidhi Makhija, have 30 more days of my undergraduate career left. And that includes Thanksgiving Break. 30 days.

After three and a half years of calling Emerson home, I can't believe I'm about to graduate. I'm excited about it and simultaneously extremely extremely afraid. Think electrocuted kitty cat afraid. I have no idea what I'm going to do after I graduate, I'm still in the process of actually trying to graduate!

If ...

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A lot of my friends at Emerson don't realize that I'm an international student. I have a fairly American accent, thanks to international school which means I usually slip under the radar (I've been asked if I was from NYC, it was quite the compliment!) So when my friends find out I actually grew up in India and have an Indian passport, it's always a WOW moment. Everyone stops what they're doing, stares at me with confused faces and then the questions st...

Continue reading: "You're from India, how did you land up at Emerson!?!"